Frank Scalice

Francesco "Frank" Scalice (1893-17 June 1957), also known as Don Ciccio, was the boss of the Gambino crime family from 1930 to 1931, succeeding Alfred Mineo and preceding Vincent Mangano.

Biography
Francesco Scalice was born in 1893 in Palermo, Sicily, and he later emigrated to The Bronx in New York City. Scalice became a caporegime in Salvatore D'Aquila's Brooklyn-based gang, and Scalice would become rivals with Alfred Mineo when he took over the family after D'Aquila's murder in 1928. Scalice became a strong ally of Salvatore Maranzano, and he became the new boss of the family after Mineo's 1930 murder during the Castellammarese War. In 1931, Scalice was confirmed as don of the future Gambino crime family, but Lucky Luciano would force Scalice into retirement after Maranzano's murder in September. Scalice would become the underboss of the family under Vincent Mangano and his successor Albert Anastasia, and he made enemies with Anastasia due to Scalice's sale of family positions to the highest bidder; this led to the Gambino family being led by incapable and untrustworthy members. On 17 June 1957, he was shot dead at a vegetable market in The Bronx by two of Anastasia's gunmen.